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Data processor, program updating method and storage medium

  • US 9,407,972 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2009
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

  • a memory storing a software program for executing control of the broadcast receiving apparatus;

    a receiver that receives a broadcast signal;

    an acquiring unit that acquires notification information from the received broadcast signal regarding a new software program for executing the control of the broadcast receiving apparatus in place of the stored software program; and

    a controller that updates the stored software program to the new software program,wherein the notification information includes information regarding a transmission start time and a transmission end time of the new software program to the broadcast receiving apparatus,wherein, in a case where a first condition, a second condition and a third condition are satisfied, the controller updates the stored software program to the new software program,wherein the first condition is a condition which satisfies that the broadcast receiving apparatus is in a standby state, the second condition is a condition which satisfies that a receiving level of the broadcast signal is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and the third condition is a condition which satisfies that a transmission time of the new software program to the broadcast receiving apparatus based on the notification information does not coexist with previously-reserved recording of a broadcast program, andwherein, in a case where at least one of the first condition, the second condition and the third condition is not satisfied, the controller does not update the stored software program to the new software program.

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